Charles coester



COESTER & DEWEY.

Pot Lifter.

No. 61.654. 7 Patented Jan. 29, 1867.

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TIPPING ATTACHMENT For POTS nn KEITLES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN": I

Be itknown that we, CHAnLnsGoEs'rER', Jr.,and W. L. Dewar, of Bridgeport,- in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Tipping Attachment for 'Pots and Kettles; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descri'ption thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which I Figure 1 is a side View of my invention, applied to a pot orzkettle.

Figure 2, a detached plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

This-invention relatesto a new and simpleattachment' to beapplied to pots and kettles which are not provided with handles, and is designed to assist in tipping the same The tipping of pots and kettles which are not provided with handles is attended with considerable trouble, especially when just taken off from a fire with the' contents hot; and my invention fully. obviatesthis difliculty.

This invention consists ofa metal ring or .clasp so constructed that it maybe fitted to the lower part of the pot or kettle, the rh g or clasp beingv provided witha handle and a hearing, all arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the device may be readily applied to and detached from the pot or kettle.

A-repr'ese'nts'a ring or band constructed of an iron rod or stout wire bent in circular form, and having two parallel straight parts a win contact, the lower portions of which project-(radially from the ring or band, and

the upper portions slightly inclined from a vertical position to receive a handle, B, which ma be of wood. The

upper portions of d a, above the handle B, are bent outward from each other,- as shown in fig. 2 at b b. The device is applied by'slipping the ring or band'A on the'lower part of the pot or kettle, the upper ends'bli of aa, above the handle B, hearing against the side of -the pot or kettle, as shown clearly in fig. 1. The implement or device thus applied forms a convenient handle, by which the pot or kettle may be readily tipped. Instead of the ring or band A to encompass the pot or kettle, a forked rod may be used, shown in red, one end being bent upward to form claws or hooks to grasp.the pot or kettle at one side, while the upper ends of a a, above the handle 13, grasp or bear against the pot orkettle at the opposite side. The same fiect or result will be obtained in either case.

Havingthus described our invention, what we claim as n'ew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A tippingattachment for p ots and kettles, constructed substantially as herein shown and described.

' W.v L. DEWEY.-

CHAS. COESTER, JR.

Witnesses:

JULIN H. BENHORS, JAMES S A LES. 

